No member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in Plateau State would be posted to crises-ridden areas, the state’s coordinator, Abdulsalam Alhassan, has said.

Alhassan told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Mangu, Jos North council, that the measure became necessary to ensure that no corps member became a victim of attacks on rural communities.

“In our bid to protect the corps members, we have resolved that no one will be posted to volatile areas.

“We have also resolved that corps members would only be posted to local governments considered safe and reachable.

“We are working closely with the Department of State Services (DSS); we have requested clarifications in respect of areas considered safe ahead of the postings after the ongoing orientation exercise,” he said.

He added that most of the postings would be restricted to council headquarters to ease access to corps members, if the need arose.

“Aside volatile areas, we shall not post corps members to villages that are not accessible because we need to keep in constant touch with them throughout the service year.”

Corps members serving in Bokkos, Barkin-Ladi, Mangu, Riyom and parts of Jos South council were evacuated to safety during the various attacks that hit those areas in June.

“We later deployed the corps members to areas considered safer,” he disclosed.

Alhassan said the NYSC was collaborating with various security agencies to keep constant surveillance on corps members’ lodges across the state.

He assured parents and guardians, whose children and wards are serving in Plateau, of the safety of the corps members, and thanked the state government for the steady support in that regard.

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